robert843
Jetboaters Admiral
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- Myrtle Beach, SC
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- Yamaha
- Year
- 2017
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Well after a year of planning we are just under a month away from the 2016 Exuma Bahamas gathering. This conversation started with a few of us very shortly after the Bimini trip last year and the stars aligned that a few of us would be able to do this trip this year. There has been a ton of planning involved and a lot of obstacles over come to make it happen as this is remote area with not a lot of lodging, Marina's, supplies or Fuel. We will be leaving Ft Lauderdale a few days before the Bimini group leaves and should be in Bimini by mid week during the time that the people that are going on the Bimini gathering will be there so we look forward to catching you guys there and hearing about your adventure as well as sharing ours. The members who will be going on this trip are @Andy S @JROD @Ramblin Wreck @1948Isaac and I. We plan to take what seems to be the traditional route which involves leaving Ft Lauderdale on Day 1 Checking in to customs at Bimini and refueling there and heading on to Chub Cay that day as well. We do have a stretch goal of Nassau on that first day as we have several people flying into Nassau we will be picking up so it would be nice to make it there in the first day but this is only if conditions are near perfect. Second day we plan to go to Nassau if we do not hit our stretch goal and pick the remaining people in our party who are flying into there and working our way down the Exuma chain to our home base of Staniel Cay. We have rented three places down there to be able to accommodate our group as lodging in one spot just wasn't working out. A four bedroom beach house and 2 one bedroom units. We have a couple Delorme Inreach units and a Spot Connect GPS that will be with us so we will post a link here before we leave so anyone who wants to follow along can. @Andy S has made a great list of spots we plan to visit hopefully he will post it over here for everyone to see. Saftey Equipment wise we are rolling with an EPIRB, 2 Satellite Phones, VHF's 2 Delorme Inreach SE's. 2 GPS Spot Connects, and every vessel has GPS of some kind. We plan to provision in Ft Lauderdale and possibly pick a few thing up in Nassau as the supplies on the island are very limited. I was told by our rental owner if we need provisions she needed three weeks notice to have the house stocked to give you an idea. We all will have to carry extra fuel to make this trip as a safety net which also added to the complications. We are looking forward to this and are praying for great weather.
#Exumas2016
@Andy S - 2016 Cobalt R5
@Ramblin Wreck -2015 Yamhama FXHO
@1948Isaac -2015 Yamaha AR240
@JROD - 2015 Kawasaki Ultra 310LX
@robert843 - 2013 Kawasaki Ultra LX
#Exumas2016
@Andy S - 2016 Cobalt R5
@Ramblin Wreck -2015 Yamhama FXHO
@1948Isaac -2015 Yamaha AR240
@JROD - 2015 Kawasaki Ultra 310LX
@robert843 - 2013 Kawasaki Ultra LX
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